Debt Reset....

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

Morning Cranky
Glad you and BF survived Covid .
You are doing great with your debt repayment and the homegrown fruit and veg sounds yummy.
I'm in the NW and i'll be hiding from the sun today!
love Deni 

vampirotoothus

Hi with my cat I found roasted chicken thigh cut up in chunks large enough to hide a tablet in had him asking me for them each day. Thighs are really cheap (and tasty!) Roast with skin on, no oil. It saves all that hassle of sitting on them and holding their paws down

CRANKY40

Thanks @vampirotoothus. She's only a little cat and she only takes delicate little nibbles of things. I might try prawns - they're her absolute favourite. 

@Deni_debt-free_dreamer thanks, I'm glad that we survived too. I have the back windows open and the ceiling fan on today. I think the washing insta dried when I hung it out 🤣

I'm working today so I have to collect Looked After Person at 4pm. I can't say that I'm looking forward to that or to dropping him off to his mum 2 hours later....

Take care all of you 🌞🍦🥤

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

I'm WfH today but i have to go to a meeting this eve; I'm in the office tomorrow - it has air con so should be cool once i get there.
I have struggled to get meds in my cats, they are very suspicious if I hide it in their food.  I'm veggie but i'd cook chicken thighs for them!

Blackcats

Glad you are feeling better cranky.  Has the cat noticed that their heated bed is switched off?  My cats are terrors for taking medication and can hear the top being twisted off the spot on flea treatment from a mile away.  

WinterWarrior

Tuna used to work for one of mine and posh pate for another.
I picked a few raspberries, but I’m a bit scared of them after a magotty experience when I was little. I soaked them in salt water and a buggy thing and something suspicious and white was floating in the water so I put them outside for the birds 😬. I will be forever scarred after eating a spoonful of raspberries and cream and only then noticing them writhing 🤢
I’m glad you survived covid !

CRANKY40

Thanks @Blackcats, I'm glad that I'm feeling better too. I still have a cough that sounds like the one my gran had (she had TB when my mum was young) but generally speaking I feel ok. The cat is fast asleep in the middle of my bed so I don't think she's too bothered about the heated mat. 

@WinterWarrior I pick the raspberries and they are scrutinised for insects and then soaked in a tub of water overnight. Anything that looks suspicious gets left for the birds. I'm fine with that - they deserve a share too. 

Today has been an interesting day. I had a physio appointment early this morning and after listening to how things are going (not great) and pressing on various body parts the physio has diagnosed fibromyalgia and will refer me to the pain clinic. As I'd like some medication that I can take in the day without feeling sleepy that suits me. I've googled it now I'm home and the symptoms match mine exactly so fingers crossed that someone somewhere can find me something to help. 

I've paid £200 off my debt this morning too. That will probably be it for this month so debt outstanding is £3299.99. Next month it will be below £3k. 

Take care all of you 😊

CRANKY40

Final end of month debt total is £3299.99 down from lightbulb moment £9177.32 at the end of December 2020. I think I have another 2 months work at the most but then again I was supposed to finish work in April so we'll see. The mills of social services grind exceedingly slow - LAP has been found a place but there are forms to be filled in and reports to be done first. 

I had a form to fill in from the HT's pension asking when he finishes college so I can see the end of that money too but then that was the reason that I wanted to be debt free - so that we could live on just my income until the HT finds a job or an aprenticeship. It'll be beans on toast gathered round a candle in the living room but it will be doable thank goodness. 

I have two courgettes growing well in the garden, beetroot and chard are growing and there's also a lot of lettuce. Tomatoes are still green with plenty more flowers and the blackberries aren't ripe yet but the rhubarb is definitely the fruit that just keeps giving. I've had 4 lbs of potatoes from best friend's garden so that will do the HT and I for a good while. We'll be planting the next lot soon. I also have (seriously need to improve my plant labelling) somthing that looks like it could be a baby butternut squash. I hope so because I've never managed to grow one of those before. 

Take care all of you 

jwil

That's a great debt reduction in 18 months!

All the fruit and veg sounds lovely.

Blackcats

That debt is massively reduced.  Well done.

garden produce sounds nice.  Fingers crossed for the successful nurturing of the baby butternut squash.